Re-interpretation of the evidence for the PVC cell plan supports a Gram-negative origin

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 271-274

  Devos, Damien P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell plan; Evolution; Gram negative; IM; Membranes; OM; Periplasm; PVC

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 84895905293     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-013-0087-y     Document Type: Review

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